Accession Number:

AD0760445

Title:

For Improving Professionalism - A Quick Fix

Descriptive Note:

Student essay

Corporate Author:

ARMY WAR COLLEGE CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Personal Author(s):

• Bartel, George B.

Report Date:

1972-10-23

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

A quality all volunteer Army must consist of troop units commanded and staffed by professionals, officers expert in their business. The essay inquires whether officers, during their mid-career years, spend enough time with troops to become fully qualified. The study sample consists of a group of Infantry officers considered for promotion to colonel in 1971. It is considered that modified assignment policy is the key to rapid amelioration of professionalism problems. A recommendation is made to change assignment stabilization policy now, and to give highest priority to troop duty.

Descriptors:

• *ARMY PERSONNEL
• *PERSONNEL
• *SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• OPTIMIZATION
• PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
• TRAINING

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE